“Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you have forgotten me and completely disregarded me, ¹  you must bear now the punishment ²  for your obscene conduct and prostitution.”

Ephraim has attached himself to idols; Do not go near him!

Then the man will be free from iniquity, but that woman will bear the consequences ¹  of her iniquity.’” ² 

“‘But the Levites who went far from me, straying off from me after their idols when Israel went astray, will be responsible for ¹  their sin.

“Refrain from talking ¹  with me so that ²  I may speak; then let come to me ³  what may. ⁴ 

He will deliver ¹  Israel from all the consequences of their sins. ² 

You must bear your punishment for your obscene conduct and your abominable practices, declares the Lord.

And just as people ¹  are appointed to die once, and then to face judgment, ² 

Moreover, ¹  you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If any man curses his God ²  he will bear responsibility for his sin,

But if he should nullify them after he has heard them, then he will bear her iniquity.” ¹ 

For he repays a person for his work, ¹  and according to the conduct of a person, he causes the consequences to find him. ² 

So it is with ¹  the one who has sex with ²  his neighbor’s wife; no one ³  who touches ⁴  her will escape ⁵  punishment. ⁶ 

Death and life are in the power ¹  of the tongue, ²  and those who love its use ³  will eat its fruit.

A shrewd person ¹  sees danger ²  and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going ³  and suffer for it. ⁴ 

A shrewd person sees danger and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going ¹  and suffer for it.

She watches over ¹  the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness. ² 

For the one who does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, ¹  and there are no exceptions. ² 

But ¹  the man who is ceremonially clean, and was not on a journey, and fails ²  to keep the Passover, that person must be cut off from his people. ³  Because he did not bring the Lord’s offering at its appointed time, that man must bear his sin. ⁴ 

Because he has despised ¹  the word of the Lord and has broken ²  his commandment, that person ³  must be completely cut off. ⁴  His iniquity will be on him.’” ⁵ 

No longer may the Israelites approach the tent of meeting, or else they will bear their sin ¹  and die.